How offshoring can affect the industries' skill composition

Artikel

While most of the offshoring literature focuses on the effects on relative wages, other implications do not receive the necessary attention. This paper investigates the effects on the industries' skill ratio. It summarizes the empirical literature, discusses theoretical findings, and provides empirical evidence for Germany. As results show, effects are mainly driven by the industry where offshoring takes place. If offshoring takes place in high-skill intensive industries, the high-skill labor ratio increases (vice versa if offshoring takes place in low-skill intensive industries). Results are in line with other empirical findings, however, they seem to contradict theoretical causalities. Thus, we additionally discuss possible explanations.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Economies ; ISSN: 2227-7099 ; Volume: 3 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 72-99 ; Basel: MDPI

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
• Subject: offshoring ; labor market implications ; skill ratio ; skill composition

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Horgos, Daniel ; Tajoli, Lucia
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): MDPI
• (where): Basel
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.3390/economies3020072
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/167720
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET